Italy and Spain take lead of NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission

On Thursday (3 August 2023), the Portuguese and Romanian fighter jet detachments at Šiauliai, Lithuania and the UK Royal Air Force detachment at Ämari, Estonia ended their four-month rotation of Baltic Air Policing, handing the baton to incoming detachments of Eurofighters from Italy and Spain. NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission has helped to secure the skies over Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania since the three nations joined the Alliance in 2004.

Courtesy: Spanish Air Force